Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has brushed off suggestions that the north London club are in the midst of a crisis three games into the season and called for perspective after their 4-0 defeat by Liverpool in their last Premier League game.

The defeat was Arsenal's second in a row, but the manager backed his team to respond when they host Bournemouth in the league on Saturday.

"I could never understand what a crisis is," Wenger told a news conference on Thursday. "It is important to focus on what is in front of you. Every single defeat is a crisis, yes?